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Women’s Reproductive Health
Managing Contraception: Bridging the Gap Foundation
The Foundation improves reproductive health and contraceptive decision-making of women and men by providing up-to-date educational resources to physicians, nurses and public health leaders. The web site offers an on-line link to A Pocket Guide to Managing Contraception as well as other materials related to managing contraception.
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
The MOD website houses fact sheets on prenatal and genetic topics and contains an interactive resource library that has data on obstetric interventions, risk-reduction strategies, research findings and infant and child health-related data.
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
NFPRHA provides online facts sheets, an advocacy tool kit, and sexual health information related to contraception, mature women, and STDs.
National Women’s Health Information Center
The website and toll-free call center provide free, reliable health information to women in English and Spanish.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood provides sexual and reproductive health care as well as family planning information and services. It also advocates public policies, provides educational programs, and promotes research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care.
Teen Reproductive Health
Adolescent Health Working Group
Adolescent health-related resources are available online that include a newsletter, web links, pocket cards, posters, counseling resources for providers, and a toolkit on confidentiality and minor consent laws.
Advocates for Youth
This organization trains youth as advocates and peer educators to make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health. Technical assistance and training to parents, policy makers, and the entertainment industry to promote positive adolescent health are also offered. Fact sheets and articles about adolescent health are available in Spanish. that can be accessed at www.ambientejoven.org.
Ambiente Joven
This Spanish-language website, sponsored by Advocates for Youth, is for Latino LGBTQ youth. Information is available on sexuality, STDs, and sexual health.
I Wanna Know
The purpose of this site is to provide a safe, educational and fun place for teenagers to learn about STDs and their sexual health.
KidsHealth
The web site contains doctor-approved health information for parents, kids, and teens that is accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free.
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
The National Campaign works toward reducing unplanned pregnancy among teens and young adults by improving the well-being of children, youth, and families.
OutProud
The website provides the latest information for out youth including resources to make schools safer for LGBT youth, on-line brochures, referrals to local sources of friendship and support, and links to queer community resources.
Sex, Etc.
SEX, Etc. is a teen-to-teen sexuality education web site and newsletter written by teens, for teens. Topics covered include girls’ health, guys’ health, sex, love and relationships, GLBTQ, birth control, STDs, pregnancy, teen pregnancy, abortion, adoption, abuse, violence, and alcohol and drugs.
Teen Relationships Web Site
The web site houses a chat room operated by a group of teens who have completed 40 hours of training to become certified peer counselors.
Teen Wire
Teen Wire provides teens with honest, nonjudgmental sexual health information. Teens can access facts about sex so they can make their own responsible choices.
Sexuality Education
Campaign for Our Children
This organization develops research-based prevention messages and abstinence educational campaigns which encourage healthy, responsible sexual decisions among early-adolescent youth. The website offers a teen guide about sexuality and STDs, an educator resource center and a parent resource center.
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
Quick and easy on-line tour, called “Just Say Yes,” takes visitors through the most important topics for teens that are sexually active. Resources include links to other web sites, contact information for national organizations that can assist teens in finding local help, and information about parental consent laws that restrict teens’ access to abortion – with a state-by-state summary.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice is a health question-and-answer Internet service with a mission to increase access to, and use of, health information by providing factual, in-depth, straightforward, and nonjudgmental information about physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
SIECUS develops, collects, and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices. SIECUS's library contains information on all aspects of human sexuality, including AIDS, and offers a wealth of resource materials.
Health Education and Information
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
The ARHP website has reproductive health education resources for health care professionals, the public, and policymakers, including online clinical guides, journal articles, and a resource center.
ETR Associates
ETR offers educational resources, training and research in health promotion with an emphasis on sexuality and health education. ETR p roduces skills-based health education resources and designs resources for use in clinics.
Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse
http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/clearinghouse.html
The OPA Clearinghouse collects, develops, and distributes free information on family planning, adolescent pregnancy, abstinence, adoption, reproductive health care, and STDs including HIV .
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
American Social Health Association
ASHA offers patient education to empower individuals to manage their health needs and to communicate effectively with their partner(s) and health care providers. The website contains facts about STDs, information about HIV testing, and a herpes resource center.
What U Do? HIV/AIDS Facts, Options, and Action
The web site hosts facts, statistics, guides and resources about HIV/AIDS. Straightforward, unbiased, accurate, and timely information about HIV/AIDS can be accessed on the web site.
Men’s Health
Men’s Health Network
MHN is a non-profit organization made up of doctors, researchers, public health workers, and other health professionals. This website has a Resource Center, Media Center, an E-Newsletter, and other educational materials.
National Fatherhood Initiative
NFI seeks to equip and develop leaders of national, state and community fatherhood initiatives through curricula, training, and technical assistance.
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
Through research, training, and direct service, the Institute helps fathers of all ages develop strong, active roles in the lives of their children, while concurrently addressing the very painful aspects of child abuse, domestic violence, gang violence, school failure, illiteracy, and teen pregnancy.
Policy and Research
Center for Reproductive Rights
Dedicated to promoting and defending women’s reproductive rights worldwide, the web site offers an online bookstore, fact sheets, briefing papers, videos and information on topics such as adolescence, safe pregnancy, abortion and contraception.
Guttmacher Institute
The Institute conducts research on sexual and reproductive health. It provides current family planning and reproductive health articles, news updates, policy analysis, education and presentation tools. Topics covered include abortion, public policy, sexual behavior, and youth.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Foundation is an independent source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public on important health policy topics such as HIV/AIDS, minority health and women’s health.
JSI Research and Training Institute
JSI provides an extensive range of research, training, and consulting services in the health care and service sectors and has expertise in breast and cervical cancer, sexuality, nutrition, reproductive health and family planning, STDs, prenatal care, maternal health, and domestic violence prevention.
National Center for Youth Law
The Center advocates for youth and their families by p ublishing articles, a bimonthly journal, and a newsletter, providing technical assistance and training, assisting legal advocates who represent poor children, and conducting administrative and legislative advocacy.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAID conducts and supports research that strives to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent the myriad infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases. Brochures, pamphlets, and research reports covering topics such as AIDS, malaria, STDs, hepatitis and women’s health can be accessed.
Training
Center for Health Training
www.centerf orhealthtraining.org
CHT provides training, technical assistance, and support to organizations and programs that deliver health care and related services to underserved populations, especially women and children.
EngenderHealth
EngenderHealth provides technical assistance, training, on-line courses and information, with a focus on practical solutions that improve services where resources are scarce. It publishes training curricula, clinical guidelines, instructional videos, brochures, and articles on various subjects such as family planning, maternal/child health, men’s health, STD/HIV, and sexuality.Resources for Clinics and Health Educators
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